CVE-2025-44005

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

8.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

10.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-12-17 15:16Z8 MO AGO

Last updated

2025-12-17 18:00Z8 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-07-28

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 10.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

44b3ade6a393e454570a1ada0ccce8f650df627a17db08774235a5282789faa4

• talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2242
• github.comhttps://github.com/smallstep/certificates/security/advisories/GHSA-h8cp-697h-8c8p
• www.talosintelligence.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2242